Comments Thread For: Saunders Open To Golovkin, Says His Team Will Decide

[Eff Pandas]

Out of everyone that has their hands in the negotiations, the only numbers mentioned is this

@brendan_chubz may be but I'll be 6 mill heavy

— billyjoesaunders (@bjsaunders_) December 30, 2015

Just this. Nothing about package deals, etc. Just this.

That's what I'm going with until otherwise is stated.

See to me this seems about as vague as you can be while giving some details. If $6M was K2's offer or if its a Warren/BJS counter offer of what they need to take the fight is at very least up for discussion based on this limited info. I also don't think it necessarily excludes the GGG fight being part of a bigger deal where $6M is the combined take. And again I'm rooting for BJS to get paid & I'll be rooting for him to upset GGG if that fight happens, but $6M for BJS to fight GGG is an insane number to me & like many things that don't quite make sense that get put out in the ether like Pacquiao vs Broner being on the table or Kovalev vs Stevenson happening in June, I'm gonna need a little more proof before the logical part of me can invest in that being real.

[kafkod]

BJS said Team GGG offered him 6 mil. What proof do you have that they didn't?

Or does Team Golovkin offering BJS that much money conflict with Jacobs request for $3 mil that so many called unreasonable?

But how do you know this if you haven't even seen the contracted offer?

Do you have any kind of insider information to support this or go against what the man himself, BJS, has suggested?

Unless you're actually with Team Golovkin, until we here from Team Golovkin that says otherwise, this is what we have to go with as truth.

All I'm saying is, its a super implausible figure considering Gggs purse history, his recent ppv etc. They'd have to sell over 200k just to cover Bjs supposed purse, if Ggg was fighting for free

If it happens, GGG/BJS will be on Boxnation PPV, as well as HBO, like GGG's last fight with Lemieux.

HBO PPV is just the US audience. It's possible Loeffler has told Warren and Saunders they can have the entire UK PPV income. (Boxnation)

If so, $6million for BJS may be wildly optimistic on his part, but not impossible.

Froch vs Groves 2 made $22.5 from Sky PPV, and most of that money came from the UK.

[OnePunch]

If it happens, GGG/BJS will be on Boxnation PPV, as well as HBO, like GGG's last fight with Lemieux.

HBO PPV is just the US audience. It's possible Loeffler has told Warren and Saunders they can have the entire UK PPV income. (Boxnation)

If so, $6million for BJS may be wildly optimistic on his part, but not impossible.

Froch vs Groves 2 made $22.5 from Sky PPV, and most of that money came from the UK.

I agree K2 would likely give Saunders the UK tv, but Warren would still have to cut Hearn in for a taste if he wants to put it on SKY.......

[285Kid]

He still looking to get $6 million? No fight , GGG only hope is that Heiland, Korobov or Magomedov goes in there and beat Sauders those guys will not turndown a fight with him

[fredhopple]

good for Billy Joe manning up tpo challenge GGG=Balls

Billy Joe vs GGG in the UK is a great fight and could make some serious money. obviously BJ has big balls and is a real man not the usual Brit wimps.

[Daddy T]

He is pricing himself out with this 6 million talk but no doubt team GGG gave them a pretty tasty offer as before this they wanted nothing to do with GGG

[rajaomair]

War GGG !!!

[kafkod]

I agree K2 would likely give Saunders the UK tv, but Warren would still have to cut Hearn in for a taste if he wants to put it on SKY.......

Warren would sceen it on Boxnation. No need to worry about Hearn and Sky.

It was Boxnation who screened GGG/Lemieux in the UK, not Sky.

I mentioned the Sky broadcast of Froch/Groves to illustrate how much money can be made from PPV boxing in the UK, if a fight gets the British fans interested.

[aboutfkntime]

In all honesty, it's not a reach... I can't imagine why BJS would inflate what GGG offered him for a fight on twitter. In what way would that benefit him?

If I'm being honest here, the only reason I see so many GGG fans have a hard time acknowledging that offer is because it contradicts their claim of Jacobs ducking GGG by pricing himself out by asking for $3-5 mil.

If GGG offered BJS 6 mil it completely pours water on the allegations of Jacobs ducking GGG by pricing himself out. This is the only logic I see for GGG fans accusing BJS of lying about the financial offer he received from Golovkin.

It also - more importantly - contradicts the money excuses that they used to avoid Ward and Lara.

Team Bull****..... doin their thang !!

[Chollo Vista]

It also - more importantly - contradicts the money excuses that they used to avoid Ward and Lara.

Team Bull****..... doin their thang !!

Many contradictions at stake if it turns out BJS is in fact getting that kind of $$$. It's quite obvious to me why many feel the need to play that number down.